Welcome to Windows 7 Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find support and solutions for any problems regarding your Windows 7 PC be it Dell, HP, Acer, Asus or a custom build. We also provide an extensive Windows 7 tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks.

Home network 2 PCs running Windows 7. Cable modem and Dlink ethernet switch. Protected by Norton 360. Using IE 8 (Previously upgraded to IE9 but uninstalled as thought this may have been cause of problem)
One PC works fine
Other PC can access internet by entering address and can acess email. However if try web search (eg using bing) it cannot connect - error message Windows cant connect with Primary DNS server. Troubleshooter suggests restarting modem etc. This does not make any difference.

Have tried to follow advice shown in various on-line discussions but unable to resolve.

DNS server can't communicatEMy one year old laptop just randomly quit on me today and the dns won't connect
Ipv6 is disabled
I've tried making it static
I've tried open dns
I've tried the flushing renewing and all that
And I've tried uninstalling the driver
I'm completely out of ideas
BTW my Xbox (wired) iPhone iPad...

Network & Sharing

Windows 7 search engineFirst post here. I am really surprised not to see more discussion of this, and I have not found any sort of acceptable alternative since starting with Windows 7 in March of 2011
I simply do not understand the Windows 7 search engine capabilities. Perhaps the best way to highlight this is with...

General Discussion

Can't communicate with primary DNSHey guys. My girlfriend came to me with a computer problem. She can't use the wireless internet around home. I did some poking around and came up with the following information.
(see attatched jpeg)
and this from the command prompt
But considering I'm a networking retard, I have no...

Network & Sharing

Windows cant communicate with primary DNS Server !Hello Guys,
Three days ago i installed fresh copy of win 7 (activated).everything was working fine but once cuz of slow speed of wired internet (happens sometimes only),i switched to wireless modem given by a phone company.
Immediately after putting there was no internet access:cry::cry:.i...

No Wireless Internet Cannot communicate with DNS serverI've just upgraded to Windows7, previously everything was fine. Now I can connect through the LAN to everything. However when I connect Wireless I can get on the network but not the internet my error message is 'Cannot communicate with DNS service'. My router is Linksys WAG160N. My adapter is...